Romanian Nationals take place
this weekend in Bucharest, with the (club) team finals and all around
happening on Saturday, while the event finals will take place on Sunday.
The results of the first day (from memory):
1) Dinamo (Iordache, Bulimar, Anghelescu)
2) Deva (Ocolisan, Jurca, Iridon, Peng)
3) Constanta (Juravle, Glavan, Stanciu)
And for the AA:
1) Larisa Iordache (60.95)
2) Anamaria Ocolisan
3) Diana Bulimar
4) Laura Jurca
Larisa Iordache won the all around
title, surprising no one. After battling injuries for the better part of
2015, upgrades were not possible (although she still tweaked some
details), but she looks really strong for the final push in training
towards Glasgow. She started on beam, with a stuck back full tuck and
and round-off layout. The routine looks glorious as usual and has the
same composition, smile after the side somi and great triple full
dismount included
.
She received a 15.6. On floor she did a watered down routine (Silivas
replaced by full in) and she added a pirouette combo (double Y turn to
Illusion turn). Her leaps were glorious and everything looked
effortless. Her score was 15.15. She received a 15.3 for he DTY (although she had a bounce to the side and slightly crossed ankles).
Her bars started out with some form issues (leg separations on low bar
work, then improvised a bit on the high bar) but she picked up the pace
and hit everything else. She intended the same routine composition as
two weeks ago at the friendly against France (14.9 score for a 60.95
total) .
On second place was Anamaria Ocolisan.
She had secure routines overall and impressed the most on vault with a
dead-centre DTY for which she received a 15.1,
and on bars, where she received a 14+ score. She is not perfect in
execution but she has a valuable routine that looks secure and Romania
will need it, at least in a qualification scenario. On floor she hit a
routine with triple twist, 2 1/2 to punch front, double pike and double
tuck.
Diana Bulimar had a stellar day.
Considering that she’s been training at full capacity for around a
month, I see her 3rd place as a huge achievement. She played it safe on
beam where she didn’t exactly hit all her planned connection but she
fully made up by throwing a superb, very tall double pike dismount
(14.75). Had very minor shuffles on her floor passes: DLO, full in,
double pike, double tuck. Her endurance was impressive, I was shocked
to see that she didn’t looked about to faint at the end, considering
that just two weeks ago in the verification against France she did this
routine on the tumble track (14.7 today if memory serves well).
On vault, she did an FTY, secure, almost stuck. On bars she presented
an upgraded routine, with Hindorff and Tkatchev but a simple double tuck
dismount. She was said to have had troubles with one of the releases in
the days prior but she held it together wonderfully.
After the competition Didi also mentioned that she will have her more
difficult dismount back in time for Glasgow. What impressed me the
most was that she looked far better and happier compared to last
spring’s Euros. She now looks motivated, focused and “hungry”.
Laura Jurca looked really polished and
mature in her gymnastics beyond her years. She started off with a
beautiful floor set (her full in was said to have been better than two
weeks ago), she hit her DTY, did a good bars set with only a wobble on
the Hindorff release when she caught too close to the bar but otherwise
with clean turns and good form ].
Unfortunately she was on her way to an individual medal but her beam
jitters took the better part of her and she fell on perhaps the easiest
element of her routine (a back tuck). It was a shame because she will be
a very important member of the Worlds team and could have used the
extra boost of morale a medal could have given her.
Andreea Iridon, who recently had to rest
due to a pulled muscle, only competed on two events – bars and beam.
Except for a watered down beam dismount, fortunately there were no signs
of injury today and she hit both events. She had the most beautiful
bars set, hitting her full difficulty (including the Ricna release)
on beam I saw a 1 1/2 Y turn and a flick- flick-layout to two feet
(the last element was perhaps a bit piked). If she keeps this up, she
will definitely be in that Worlds team (she was quoted only as a reserve
in the nominative list).
Silvia Zarzu had some form issued that
lowered her scores considerably. Floor was her best event where she hit a
routine composed of: triple twist, 2 1/2 to punch front, double pike
and double tuck. She hit her bars but got a low 12.7 due to execution
deduction and landed a DTY (with bent knees though).
Of the two Izvorani juniors competing
today, Asiana Peng left a striking impression. She is a gorgeous gymnast
with great leaps, good amplitude in her elements and beautiful pointed
toes. Considering she was out with an elbow surgery earlier this year,
her bars work looked decent (she just needed spotting on dismount). It
was a shame that she fell on a tuck full on beam. Andreea Ciurusniuc had
a good beam routine, despite some issues on leaps, her difficult
routine and wobble-free execution were enough to qualify for the event
final.
There were a few absentees as well:
Catalina Ponor, out with an injury discovered as recently as last
Thursday – she said she felt pain in her leg and upon investigation a
hematoma was found indicating a 1st degree muscular tear and that she is
still hopeful she will be able to compete at Worlds, but she was really
upset for this setback. Andreea Munteanu, the European Beam champ of
this spring was said during the TV commentary to have had some
motivation issues. Allegedly, she trains infrequently and mostly on
beam. While 2014 Euro and Worlds team member, Stefania Stanila is in a
similar situation. It’s such a shame because they are very talented
gymnasts and Romania really cannot afford to lose anyone at this point.
See Videos Of The Competition
ROTATION 1
ROTATION 2
ROTATION 3
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